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World Cup (and soccer in general) is point based in most cases. You get 3 points if you win a match, 1 point if you draw, and 0 if you lose. Before this match we won one, and tied one, 4 points. Ghana, before this match, lost one, and tied one. They had 1 point.

If Ghana had won when we lost, they would have equal points, 4. But the tie-breaker in the World Cup is goal difference, which is the number of goals your team scored, subtracted by the number of goals you allowed (scored against you). Ghana had a higher goal difference than we did, so they would have won the tie breaker.

Luckily for us Portugal had a humiliating 4 - 0 loss to Germany. So even though they had the same number of points as Ghana before the match (1 point) their goal difference so so low that they would've had to have crushed Ghana by five points to beat us in the tiebreaker and make it in the cup. In other words, Portugal beating Ghana by one point was a real dick move, because they basically assured that neither of them would continue.

So again, THANKS PORTUGAL!

edit: thought I was on /r/soccer, portugal is that inbred dipshit who smashes everyone's sand castle at recesses because he was told he has to go in early for being so fucking retarded.

Well, Ghana would only have beaten us on goal differential if they won by multiple scores against Portugal. If they won 1-0 the tiebreakers would've pushed all the way down to head-to-head which we won. If they had won by one score but scored multiple times (i.e. 2-1, 3-2, etc) they would've beaten us in total goals for.

Brandley is one of the USA's best players... His position is basically the shittiest position on the field and he is a very good and intelligent player. Klinsmann himself claims he's the smartest player he's ever coached.

The position just gets a lot of shit. Also his role has been diminished due to he fact that our big man is out (Altidore) we can't hold the ball in the opponents half long enough for our midfield to be very effective. Bradley has done more this world cup than you might think. He's good. Taking him out would be a mistake and a costly one at that.

He's good, but seriously have you seen his past three games? US v Ghana, a complete ghost. US v Portugal, a shadow of his normal self, had some good vision, good passes and a bad miss that even Torres could have buried, nothing that you would say is normal for "The General" and for the Germany game, oh boy. Several bad, bad touches but some very good passes as well. Michael Bradley has been less than stellar this tournament. I'm not saying he's bad, but he really needs to step his game up against Belgium. Bradley is the key to making it far, if he's on the top of his game there's no reason we can't make it past the final 16.

But you are right about not taking Bradley out, because we have no true replacement. He's got the vision, positioning, and passing that nobody else on USMNT has, even Bradley playing at 75% of his peak is still kinda good, but what has really been lacking in our squad is clinical finishing. I really wish Donovan was with us for some clutch finishing, even if it's just a super-sub role.

tldr: Bradley isn't his normal beast self, but he's done okay so far, just not good enough

Bradley gets shit himself. During the half of today's game the announcers were reviewing multiple occasions IN THE FIRST HALF that Bradley had absolute shit touches. Position or not, he has been playing like a drunken yak.

His touch had been abysmal all tournament for who knows what reason. Maybe he's too used to Canadian weather and had been falling apart in Brazil but whatever the fuck is wrong with him he better step it up for knock out stage or we will being on our way home shortly. That Belgian midfield is licking it's chops at the prospect of a poor form Bradley.

He has had decent distribution, but the number of terrible turnovers he has had warrant a substitution in each game in my opinion. An on form Bradley is quite possibly the most dangerous tool the USMNT possess, but an out of form Bradley is pretty much comparable to a giant hole in the middle third. I just feel that Klinsmann should sub him out if he underperforms. If he picks his game up he could be deadly as he has fantastic vision and positioning. I truly hope he steps up for KO rounds

i was 95% sure we would score in those final 10. im pleased with the result(yeah losses suck but look who we played.) Should fair a little better against Belgium. Hazard may be a bit of a hazard though. As a chelsea fan, i know how good he is

Especially considering the US nearly equalized with less than a minute to go. Dempsey had a header from within the 6 yard box that he couldn't keep down. They also almost got caught on the counter several times in the last 10-15 minutes. So I wouldn't even say that they were totally in control, either.

Don't get me wrong, I would say that they had a pretty tight hold on the game... but there were cracks. Maybe they took the foot off the gas, but Germany really should have capitalized on more of their chances. The US without a real striker and being dead tired might not punish them for it, but France might...

It's the least successful because it's the most closely related to soccer. Hockey does everything soccer does, but better. There's just less breaks in the action like football, basketball, and baseball. The same exact reason soccer isn't popular in America. Not enough stops in the action.

That wasn't the point. If they had won by more goals, which they clearly could do, then Portugal would have an easier time advancing since they would have to score less against Ghana. Since they only scored one, Portugal didn't get the necessary number of goals to advance and Ghana lost. Both teams are eliminated.

Yeah Spain is out Brazil hasn't looked great, Holland looked iffy against Australia, Germany had one good game against a man down Portugal, France looked like crap against Equador, Argentina hasn't convinced anyone. Honestly I don't think there are favorites, the team to look out for imo is Costa Rica they definitely have wanted it more than anyone else.

Brazil, Spain, Germany, and Argentina were the favorites. Brazil hasn't convinced but Germany looked weak against Ghana by allowing 2 goals and the U.S. game showed they have a few parts where they are struggling. Holland is a strong team but it wasn't a favorite until they beat Spain 5-1, after that they have won every game (they allowed Australia to score twice) which raises doubt to me, Argentina hasn't really played well being carried by Messi.

I honestly been most impressed by Costa Rica out of all teams and imo there are no longer any favorites. Mexico could very well beat Holland next round, Germany will probably beat Algeria but who knows what will happen next. Everyone is a little nervous and there are no favorites imo.

So what? Did you watch the whole game? Germany was playing at 70%, not 100%. It was rumored they were gonna just draw and rest their players up, I'm pretty sure they put in slightly more effort and just scored 1 goal to get the W. You could tell they weren't playing nearly as hard because there was literally no reason to risk getting carded or injured. USA is actually a decent team, I'm not taking anything away from you guys, but this game meant nothing for Germany.

Noone cared about any kind of humiliation. When every major city is getting bombed to shit and every male from 16 upwards has to fight a useless battle for an ideology noone believed in anymore you are just happy when it's over. Most Germans were glad when the allied forces took over their city.

Correction, one of the best teams beat the US at a sport they barely care about. And they didnt beat them by much. Thats like the world chess champion (runner up) beating a random high school football player at chess but it took 2 hours and he was checked twice.